Anthony Definition

ănthə-nē
noun
A masculine name: dim. Tony; var. Antony; equiv. L. Antonius, It. & Sp. Antonio, Fr. Antoine, Ger. & Russ. Anton; fem. Antonia.
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Synonyms:
  • Marcus Antonius
  • mark antony
  • antonius
  • Mark Anthony
  • antony
  • susan brownell anthony
  • Susan Anthony
  • Susan B. Anthony
pronoun
A male given name, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
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A patronymic surname​.

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A city in Kansas.

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A city in New Mexico.
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A town in Texas.

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Origin of Anthony

  • From Latin Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological assoication with Greek ἄνθος (anthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin.

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  • The reference to "Antonius" - swineherd patron and to pigs is especially noteworthy in Anthony from the "Online Etymology Dictionary":

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Anthony Sentence Examples

  • She wrote with the rapidity of Walter Scott and the regularity of Anthony Trollope.

  • He is the Magyarizer of Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, Othello, Macbeth, Henry VIII., Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet and Tempest, as also of some of the best pieces of Burns, Moore, Byron, Shelley, Milton, Beranger, Lamartine, Victor Hugo, Goethe and others.

  • At the same time Orange's friend, the powerful burgomaster of Antwerp, Anthony van Stralen, was seized.

  • To foreigners, especially Christians, he showed a spirit of tolerance; two Englishmen, Sir Anthony and Sir Robert Shirley, or Sherley, were admitted to his confidence.

  • The early Franciscans flagellated themselves with characteristic rigour, and it is no matter of surprise to find the Franciscan, St Anthony of Padua, preaching the praises of this means of penance.

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